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Newborn baby found alive after tossed into compactor

A newborn baby was rescued from a trash compactor in Washington state Friday night and is expected to survive.

The baby boy was rushed to the hospital after Jeff Meyers and his girlfriend, Paula, discovered him inside the compactor-Meyers explained to KOMO that they heard what sounded like a crying baby inside the huge trash compactor when they returned home.

'As she took some garbage and was throwing it in there, she said, sounds like a baby's crying in there,' he told KOMO.